Recent content by WARoberson

Yes. Recipe has 6 oz Carapils and 4 oz Carafoam. Recipe said raise temp to approximately 160, turn off heat and steep for 20 minutes. I was at 155, so I figured that was close enough to 160 (seeing as the recipe said approximately 160).

Pitched my first batch last night. An American Blonde. The recipe says it has a OG of 1.048 and I read an OG of 1.046. I am thinking that either I looked at the TINY lines and numbers wrong, or I was a little over the 60 degrees for a true reading.

Got a question for the experts out there.....I am new to brewing (about to brew my first batch of extract). i have been watching any internet tutorials I can find and have been reading Papazian's book. My question is, i recently watched an extract tutorial done by Jim Koch of Samual Adams. In...

Hello fellow forum newbie.

I searched for "homebrewing forums" in Google.

I do have a copy of "The Joy of Homebrewing, 3rd Edition."

I forgot to add that my wife told me that she might even begin drinking beer again if I can make a beer that tastes good. She had a bad (late night bathroom) experience a few years ago after drinking a 12 pack of store bought by herself. She doesn't like the taste of store bought. So, I am...

Hello all. Glad to be here. A little about myself. My name is Archie and I am a veteran and a Paramedic by profession. I got into homebrewing by accident. My wife bought a homesteading magazine and it had an article on homebrewing. After reading it, she tells me, "You could do this." So...